“We stand by the principle that we have a moral obligation to help all in need.”
Congratulations, Alisha, on your new position. Can you please give our audience an overview of the coalition’s mission?
Thanks so much for this opportunity to share more about RI Interfaith. I had the pleasure of meeting our organization’s founder, Maxine Richman, recently and it is truly an honor to continue this work she started with others in 2008. Our mission is to fight poverty with faith. There are too many Rhode Islanders who struggle to meet basic needs, and it is everyone’s responsibility to care for all, not just some. We use our collective faiths and voices to work together to move that needle in the right direction by addressing, exposing, combating, improving and/or eliminating systemic issues that underlie poverty…